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1. Earth and Sky Program
(A"Freshman-First" Program!)


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4. Department Field Trips (Pictures!)


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Fall 2002 - Rhode Island
Avalonia

Leader: Dr. Gayle Gleason

Ely Moskal smooths down the plaster for a cast of a dinsaur footprint at Dinosaur State Park, CT, while Mike Kloczko and Emily Hopkins give directions.
Ely Moskal smooths down the plaster for a cast of a dinsaur footprint at Dinosaur State Park, CT, while Mike Kloczko and Emily Hopkins give directions.

Measuring a dinosaur footprint on the trackway at Dinosaur State Park, CT. Length of the footprint should be proportional to the length of the leg of the dinosaur that made the print, so 1.4 feet x 5 = 7 feet leg length!!
Measuring a dinosaur footprint on the trackway at Dinosaur State Park, CT. Length of the footprint should be proportional to the length of the leg of the dinosaur that made the print, so 1.4 feet x 5 = 7 feet leg length!!

Looking for sedimentary structures in phyllite, Brenton Point State Park,
Looking for sedimentary structures in phyllite, Brenton Point State Park,
RI. These rocks originated as Cambrian sediments that were subsequently
metamorphosed into phyllite.

A "trilo-bit" in a kinkband in phyllite
A "trilo-bit" in a kinkband in phyllite. Beaver Tail State Park, RI

students on rocky surface
Clockwise from front: Emily, Stephanie DeSisto, Ely, Lora Spencer and Mike, all on the folded and cleaved Cambrian metasedimentary rocks of Avalonia. Beaver Tail State Park, RI.

 


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